KR100271580B1 - A toothbrush having bristles made up of silicon and nylon - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A toothbrush having bristles made of silicon and nylon is provided to eliminate the stimulation applied to gingiva, to prevent an adverse reaction such as gingiva bleeding, and to improve the effect of tooth-brushing. CONSTITUTION: The toothbrush is comprised of a plastic toothbrush shaft(2) having a bristle receiving part(3) on the one end; a silicon base(4) separately installed to the bristle receiving part; and a bristle member formed over the base. The bristle member consists of a silicon bristle(6) and a nylon bristle(8) alternately arranged. The lower parts of the nylon bristles are fixed on the plastic base(9) embedded in silicon base(4). The silicon bristles have a diameter larger than a diameter of the nylon bristle, and is softer than the nylon bristle. On the other hand, the nylon bristles of a desired strength provide a good tooth-brushing effect. Therefore, a more improved tooth-brushing effect combining the advantages of the silicon bristles and the nylon bristles is induced.

Description

A toothbrush having bristles made up of silicon and nylon

The present invention relates to toothbrushes and, more particularly, to toothbrushes with silicone bristles for gum disease such as periodontitis and people with sensitive gums.

In general, toothbrushes used for brushing teeth have been implanted into a number of groups of nylon bristles on one end portion of a toothbrush bag molded from plastic, as is well known. These nylon bristles have a certain strength, depending on the strength of the bristles and the area of the bristles, hard bristles and soft bristles can be used, hard bristles are used to brush the gums, and soft bristles to brush every corner of the tooth. It is formed to bend along the direction of brushing.

However, the nylon bristles as described above, when used in people with gum disease such as periodontitis or those who are sensitive to the gums, irritate the gums to exacerbate or cause disease of the gums, so that side effects such as bleeding from the gums are generated. there was.

In order to solve such a problem, a toothbrush having bristles mainly containing silicone has been developed and is currently used. However, toothbrushes made of silicone have the disadvantage of less brushing because they are so soft and thick.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a toothbrush containing a nylon bristles to prevent the irritation of the gums when brushing teeth, to increase the brushing effect on the toothbrush having a softer and softer silicone bristles to prevent side effects such as bleeding gums There is.

1 illustrates a toothbrush with conventional silicone bristles.

2 is a view showing a modification of the toothbrush alternately provided with the silicon bristle and nylon bristle according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

3 shows the silicone bristle shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 provided with a plastic powder on its surface.

4 illustrates a toothbrush with silicone bristles in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 illustrates a toothbrush with silicon bristles in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.

6 shows a variant of the toothbrush shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 with two nylon bristles of different shapes and different strengths from each other.

7 illustrates a toothbrush with silicon bristles in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

(Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing)

1, 21: silicon toothbrush member 2: toothbrush bag

3, 10: bristle container 4, 9, 11, 15: base

5, 13, 23: groove 6, 12: silicone brush head

7, 17, 24: protrusions 8, 16: nylon bristles

14 nylon toothbrush member 20 plastic powder

22: 1st bristle container 25, 25a, 25b: 2nd bristle container

31: toothbrush member

An object as described above is, according to a first embodiment of the present invention, a toothbrush bag which is molded from plastic and has bristles at one end thereof; In the toothbrush having a silicone bristles, characterized in that the bristle member having a base detachably installed in the bristle receiving portion, and the silicone bristles formed on top of the base, the silicone bristles and nylon bristles alternately. Achieved by a toothbrush having silicone bristles provided.

In the above, the lower part of the nylon bristles may preferably be secured to a plastic base embedded in silicone.

Alternatively, the object as described above is, according to a second embodiment of the invention, a toothbrush bag molded from plastic; A silicon bristle member integrally fixed to one end of the bristle bag, a base having a bristle receptacle formed at an upper center thereof, and a silicone bristle member having an outer periphery of the bristle receptacle; It is achieved by a toothbrush having a silicone bristles, characterized in that it comprises a nylon bristle member having a base molded in plastic so as to be detachably installed in the bristle receiving portion, the rigid nylon bristles are implanted thereon.

The object as described above is also in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention, a toothbrush bag which is molded from plastic and has a first bristle receiver at one end; A silicon bristle member detachably installed on the first bristle receiving part, the base having at least one second bristle bristle receiving part formed at an upper center thereof, and a silicone bristle bristle formed around the second bristle receiving part; It is achieved by a toothbrush having a silicone bristles, which is detachably installed on the second bristles receiving portion, and includes a plastic bristles member on which nylon bristles are implanted thereon.

In the above, the plastic bristles comprise two nylon bristles of different shapes and different strengths from each other, wherein each of the nylon bristles is secured to a base detachably installed in the second bristle receptacle, respectively.

The object as described above also includes, according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, a toothbrush bag molded from plastic; It is achieved by a toothbrush having a silicone bristles, which is integrally fixed to one end of the toothbrush bag and includes nylon bristles fixed to the toothbrush bag to be alternately positioned with the silicone bristles.

In the above, the silicon bristles may increase the brushing effect by the plastic powder is attached to the surface.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a toothbrush having conventional silicon bristles. As shown in FIG. 1, a toothbrush having a conventional silicon bristles has a toothbrush bag 2 formed of plastic like a general toothbrush, and a groove 5 is formed at one end of the toothbrush bag 2 along an inner circumference thereof. A bristle receiver 3 is formed.

The bristle container 3 is provided with a detachable silicone bristle member 1 formed of silicone, and the silicone bristle member 1 is detachably installed in the bristle receiving part 3, and It has a silicone bristle 6 formed on top of the base 4. The base 4 has a protrusion 7 formed along the outer circumference, and the groove 5 formed at the inner circumference of the bristle receiving portion 3 is coupled to the protrusion 7.

Silicone bristle 6 formed integrally with the base 4 has a larger diameter than ordinary nylon bristle, and is softer than nylon bristle due to the nature of silicone. Therefore, when a person suffering from gum disease or a sensitive gum brush teeth, unlike the conventional nylon bristles, it is possible to prevent the stimulation of the gum, thereby preventing bleeding of the gum due to the stimulation of the gum.

In addition, by the separating structure as described above, the silicone bristle member 1 can be separated from the toothbrush bag 2 for cleaning and disinfecting the silicone bristle 6. The separation of the silicone bristle 6 is pulled upward, so that the protrusion 7 formed at the outer periphery of the base 4 is separated from the groove 5 formed at the inner periphery of the bristle receiving 3. Can be separated from 2). Therefore, the silicone bristle member 1 can be separated and cleaned and disinfected.

On the other hand, toothbrushes having conventional silicone bristles as described above have a disadvantage in that the brushing effect is inferior to toothbrushes having general nylon bristles, and in particular, the gap between the teeth and the teeth or the deep teeth in the mouth are not attained. Therefore, in order to further improve this yakchi effect, the silicon bristle 6 and nylon bristle 8 may be alternately provided as shown in FIG. At this time, the nylon bristles 8 may be fixed to the plastic base 9 embedded in the silicon base 4.

In addition, as shown in Figure 3, in order to improve the brushing effect of the silicone bristle (6) is molded by mixing the plastic powder 20 on the surface of the silicone bristle (6) during molding of the silicone bristle member (1) This can increase the brushing effect of the silicon bristles 6.

Figure 4 shows a toothbrush with silicone bristles in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, this toothbrush comprises a toothbrush bag 2 by applying a bond-like adhesive at the interface 18 with a silicone bristle member 1 at one end of the toothbrush bag 1 molded of plastic. It is formed integrally with The silicon bristle member 1 has a base 11 on which the bristle receiving portion 10 is formed in the upper center, and a silicone bristle 12 on the outer periphery of the bristle receiving portion 10. The bristle receiving portion 10 formed in the base 11 of the silicon bristle member 1 has a groove 13 formed along an inner circumference thereof.

Nylon bristle member 14 is detachably installed in bristle receiving portion 10, nylon bristle member 14 has a base 15 molded from plastic, and base 15 is attached to bristle receiving portion 10. It has a protrusion 17 formed along the outer periphery so as to be detachably installed. The base 15 is implanted with rigid nylon bristles 16 on top.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention as described above, the softer and softer silicon bristle 12 brushes the gums, and is made by the more rigid nylon bristle 16 positioned in the center of the silicon bristle 12. Since the teeth are brushed, the purpose of the present invention as described above can be achieved while performing the brushing function of the toothbrush having conventional nylon bristles.

Such a toothbrush can facilitate cleaning and disinfection of the nylon toothbrush member 14, since the nylon toothbrush member 14 can be separated from the toothbrush, and the separation to the nylon toothbrush member 14 is a first embodiment. In the same manner as the separation method of the silicone toothbrush member, and like the first embodiment, the silicone bristles 12 may be mixed with the plastic powder and molded to increase the brushing effect.

5 shows a toothbrush with a silicone bristle in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the toothbrush according to this embodiment has the same structure as the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 except that the silicone toothbrush member 21 can be separated from the toothbrush bag 2.

The toothbrush bag 2 has a first bristle receiving portion 22 formed at one end thereof, and the first bristle receiving portion 22 has a groove 23 formed along an inner circumference thereof. The silicone bristle member 21 has a base 11 having a protrusion 24 detachably coupled to the groove 23 of the first bristle receiving portion 22, the base 11 having a second bristle at the top center. Receiving portion 25 is formed, the silicon bristle is provided on the outer periphery of the second bristle receiving portion 25.

The nylon toothbrush member 14 of the type shown in FIG. 4 is detachably installed in the same way as the above in the 2nd bristle accommodation part 25 formed in the silicone toothbrush member 21. As shown in FIG.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 6, the nylon toothbrush member 14 is divided into two nylon bristles 16a and 16b having different shapes and different strengths from each other. Can be combined. These two nylon bristles 16a, 16b are formed with two second bristle receivers 25a, 25b on the silicone toothbrush member 21, and two nylon bristles 16a, 16b have a second bristle receiver ( 25a, 25b) are detachably coupled to each other. This structure can also be applied to toothbrushes with silicone bristles as shown in FIG. 4.

7 shows a toothbrush with a silicone bristle in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the toothbrush having the silicon bristle according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is integrally fixed to one end of the toothbrush bag 2 in which the toothbrush member 31 is formed of plastic, and the toothbrush member 31 is a nylon bristle 6 alternately with the silicone bristle 6, similar to the toothbrush shown in FIG. However, the nylon bristle 8 is fixed to the toothbrush bag 2 at the bottom unlike the toothbrush shown in FIG. 2.

In the toothbrush with the silicone bristles described above, the silicone bristles are molded and mixed with the plastic powder to increase the brushing effect, thereby attaching the plastic powder to the surface of the silicone bristles.

As described above, when brushing teeth, the softer and softer silicone bristles contact the gums when brushing teeth, so that the gum disease or gums do not irritate the gums severely when used by a sensitive person. This side effect does not occur, and the nylon bristles have the advantage of effectively brushing the gap between the tooth and every corner of the mouth.

In addition, when the bristle member is in a separate form, it may provide an advantage that the bristle member is easy to clean and disinfect.

Claims (6)

A toothbrush bag formed of plastic and having bristles at one end thereof; A toothbrush comprising a bristle member having a base detachably installed on the bristle receiving portion, and a bristle member having a silicone bristle formed on an upper portion of the base, wherein the silicone bristle and nylon bristle are alternately provided. Toothbrush with bristle and nylon bristle. 2. The toothbrush of claim 1 wherein the lower portion of the nylon bristles is secured to a plastic base embedded in silicone. Toothbrush bags molded from plastic; A silicon bristle member integrally fixed to one end of the bristle bag, a base having a bristle receptacle formed at an upper center thereof, and a silicone bristle member having an outer periphery of the bristle receptacle; Toothbrush having a silicone bristle and nylon bristle, characterized in that it comprises a nylon bristle member having a base formed of plastic so as to be detachably installed in the bristle receiving portion, a rigid nylon bristle is implanted thereon. A toothbrush bag formed of plastic and having a first bristle receiving portion formed at one end thereof; A silicon bristle member detachably installed on the first bristle receiving part, the base having at least one second bristle bristle receiving part formed at an upper center thereof, and a silicone bristle bristle formed around the second bristle receiving part; A toothbrush having a silicone bristles and nylon bristles, the plastic bristles member being detachably installed on the second bristles receiving part, the nylon bristles being implanted thereon. 5. The plastic bristle of claim 4 comprising two nylon bristles of different shapes and different strengths, wherein each of the nylon bristles is secured to a base detachably installed in the second bristle receptacle, respectively. A toothbrush having silicone bristles and nylon bristles. A toothbrush bag formed of plastic and having bristles at one end thereof; In the toothbrush comprising a bristle member having a base detachably installed in the bristle receiving portion, and a silicon bristle formed on top of the base, the silicone bristle is made of silicone mixed with plastic powder to the surface of the silicone bristle Toothbrush having silicone bristles, characterized in that the plastic powder is interspersed.